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Sf ClfclUt - -' 7 lou^ ttie ttirtrtth Weddtog ^miveN; 02sM* %8 jF“ni V, ^Uon;,-,,t%.- ;.ifv7- ••;. 0rlite ’ M? ■ arilt;T fcsand Mrs. Read NicholsIf..1i.v,lt; •Jacob fcnoWlton, the day ; being in iiinb,' hnd thb tenth wedding anni-Celebrated Sixtieth Wedding An- I versary lt;jf daughter, Mi*s.Drew, that, having occurred on Newniversafy Yesterday. lYear^Day.Sixty years wed is the remarkable attainment of Mr. and Mrs. Read NicholB, who celebrated this event yesterday at their cosy home - on Washington street, by holding a re-I* » 4 * ' •ception to their many friends duringthe afternoon and evening. TheA TEMPORARY LOANAuthorized by City Council In Speclal Session.At a special meeting of the city•• •* • - . *council Thursday evening, an order^ « ' ■ • % 1 ..was passed authorizing the jointhouse was beautifully decorated for. LtdWding committee on finance . tothe occasion by friends-who cOntl-U borrow no,000 ln anticipation of buted many floral gifts and largeuulou I,,w w5° taxes at the. lowest possible rate ofplants for the occasion, .while the ; n.„root , lnnn hn nn)d.interest, and that the loan be paid aged couple received friends In/« from money c6nected for taxes andjoyous manner. Punch, cake and Ices were served and It was a mb-no part of which shall become a part, of the permanent city debt. Taxes tlforable event for all, and the eon- K beenpald glowly of ]ate andgratulations and , best wishes ’ formany more such happy occasions* •»were expressed by All;,:' Mr. and Mrs.active steps are to' be taken at onceto collect them.•# • | •The aldermen granted a petitionNichols were surrounded throughout ciroulated by Ernest F, Kelley and. 1the day by their two children, Charles L. Nichols and Mrs. Emma Pierce and their families, and .the event was one long to be remembered.Mr. Nichols was born in the town of Bowdoin, March] 11, 1822, son of Benjamin Nichols,, a farmer.1 Mr. 'Nichols was one of nine children of whom he Is the only survivor. He came to this city in 1839 and started to learn the mason's trade with the late Joseph Corliss, father of William Corliss, who for years managed a blacksmith shop in this city.bearing 153 signatures, asking- for a yes and no vote at the coming municipal election on the enactment of the Morey law which provides for screens at the voting booths, and If this’is passed, at the spring election they will’,be' given their first use at the September election.•. “ i • 1 of tioiimiOlaski)HiW!‘• i• . ,'WIn a few years he had learned all the points of the trade which hemade his vocation. When in com-* . *for table circumstances in 1846 he married the present Mrs. Nichols, then Miss Rachel Ann Little, daughter of the late Capt. Charles, Little who sailed vessels for Charles and William Crooker of this city for twenty years and In all that time never lost a man, a-more notable record in those days than now. Mrs. Nichols had one sister, Sarah, who married Solomon Reed.Mr. and Mrs. Nichols were married at the Little homestead which . * »•* was situated on the site where their present home is located. A peculiar circumstance is that Mrs. Nichols hasi • •lived in a house on this site nearlyall liar .Ufa flhn wna hnrn In TJoarl-EAST HARPSWELL.» «Can anyone tell the. time of year without looking in the old Farmer’s Almanac? Ice and snow all gone and an ocean of mud everywhere; no ice’in the New Meadows; naphthaboats passing up and down as though' « %in summer. Some people * say theGulf stream is some 200 miles nearer• . •than ever before and say that accounts for the warm winter.. We had an invitation to. help en-,tertain the Johnny Rebs during the•’60s and came home on Feb. 5, ’65. On the 7th of January the first snow fell. One month later there was two feet of snow on the level. On thefirst of March the fences were cov-*ered. So keep up your courage, there is time for snow yet.The herring and cod have come In shore and men go off Bear Island with thirty lines of trawl and pull in $5.00 worth of cod every day. Herring never were known so plenty inTderMef a si 7:31andL. E proi amc Son; Synlt; Jen and of 3 dier tion solo swe and A r youWo]appwerall.theBosVeretWltJrece wen pla: ban Ker tutlt; stui cho the and furi and of t gen fori wiii sue
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Bath Independent and Enterprise
Bath, Maine, US
Sat, Jan 27, 1906
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